Noah Fant

Fant resumed practicing in full on Thursday so he should be fairly healthy for this one. Fant has been an unreliable producer as of late and makes for a boom/bust TE1 against the Vikings' mid-tier tight end-coverage unit.

Fant was limited Wednesday but that's likely to be the case as the Seahawks look to load-manage the 27-year-old tight end for the rest of the 2024 campaign. Fant will be a low-end TE2 for Week 16 against the Vikings.

This is Fant's third lower-body injury of the season, though his early-week participation at least bodes positively for his Week 16 availability. The veteran tight end dealt with a September toe injury before being sidelined by a multi-week groin strain. On the plus side, at least his newest injury isn't a recurrence.

Although the seven targets looks good on paper, three of those looks were effectively thrown at the feet of the veteran tight end as Geno Smith scrambled to avoid pressure. He then saw just a single look from backup quarterback Sam Howell after Smith was forced from the game with a knee injury in the third quarter. Things don't get any better for Fant and the Seahawks considering the injury to their starting quarterback and a matchup with the Vikings looming.

Fant ran a pass route on 22 of Geno Smith's 31 drop backs and was uninvolved in the team's passing attack, as per usual. The slow-footed Fant has more than three catches in just three games this season and is not a fantasy option in 12-team leagues.